Coldham's Common

Coldham's Common is a 49.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Cambridge. It is owned and managed by Cambridge City Council.^[1][2]

Coldham's Common
Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
OS grid	TL 472 586
Area	49.3 hectares
Managed by	Cambridge City Council

This site has areas of unimproved grassland, which have anthills of yellow meadow ants.^[1] There is also scrub and woodland. Flora include spiny rest harrow, upright brome and bee orchid.^[3]

There is access from Coldham's Lane.

History

Coldham's Green was marked on a field map of 1300, and by 1700 it had become a Green Common. In the 19th century a rifle range was built there, but this was soon displaced by a new railway line to Newmarket.^[4]